enclout bring api to people. api ecosystem gap business analysts good with spreadsheets limiting...
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ENCLOUT
Bring API to People
API Ecosystem Gap
Business Analysts Good with spreadsheets Limiting scripting or SQL skills
API Developers Knowledge about own data Focus on serving other systems
API Ecosystem Gap …
What data is available? How to get the data from APIs? Which provider should I use for my
inputs? How to chain multiple APIs together
for advanced usage?
How to reach business analysts? How to promote my APIs? How do my APIs rank against others?…
EnClout Ignite – v1
Main features Data extraction from APIs
With GET, POST and HTTP header parameters With XML, JSON or Text outputs Mapping between Custom Function inputs and API
inputs and outputs Custom Function available for
Excel Ignite for Microsoft Excel With additional support for APIs in local environments.
Cloud Ignite for Google Sheets Data extraction can be run online to support cloud
based spreadsheets
EnClout Ignite – v1…
Main features Same way to invoke the custom function regardless of
the underlying APIs Very easy to include additional APIs with XML based API
description files. Multiple APIs supported out of box
Binlist.net Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN) API Edmunds VIN lookup APIs EnClout domain APIs FreeGeoIP.net APIs GeoNames.org APIs Google Geocode MyWOT (Web of Trust) API ...
Microsoft Excel – Screen Shot
Google Sheet – Screen Shot
EnClout Ignite – How does it work API Developers
Provide XML based source files to describe their APIs
Deployment Install Excel Ignite or Cloud Ignite add-ons
Business Analysts Call =Ignite function to retrieve data from
APIs.
EnClout Ignite – Example
API Description Snippet
Usage
EnClout Ignite – Roadmap
Support more platforms API search engine Cloud based source files
Support matrix inputs and outputs API marketplace for business analysts API suggestion based on input columns Automatically API selection based on
ranking and inputs. …
